Printmaking and the Sly moves

actually, I try to be blisfully unaware. I'm just hoping forgetting gloves often and eating muffins over my zinc plate won't bite me in the neck, er brain.

I've been trying to work up the courage to look at our material data safety book. I'm afraid that if I do I'll never print again.

It's still debatable whether Rembrandt succumbed to the lead in the old paints or the chemicals in the etching process. You're in good company.

I was horrified the first time I went to Italy to learn multi-plate etching and there was the Italian, who looked after the studio, mixing the acid and stuff with a cigarette hanging nonchalantly from his lips.

Old printmaking teacher at Art School (where the only real evil thing was the resin box...) told me to drink milk; it worked in helping soak up any queazy feelings going on from chemicals.

Take a lot of milk thistle, one of the herbs that is backed up by enough research that doctors will endorse its use. It helps detoxify the liver and I take it in an aloe juice Naturade makes as well as as capsules. Also good drinkers!